Cake Recommendations - No fondant please!

duhbeckster

My fiancee and I are planning a wedding from out of town and will be in the Twin Cities in a few weeks to meet with more vendors. We're hoping to do a bunch of cake tastings, but I don't know where to start. We both dislike fondant, so I'm looking for someone who can make great-looking (and of course great-tasting) cakes with frosting. What delicious and not-insanely-priced bakers can you recommend?

LittleSweetie

Queen of Cakes!!  They were the best cake we tasted, and my husband was/is super picky about his sweets.  We absolutely loved their cakes.

kclepire

We liked Queen of Cakes and Penny Steele.  I'd say to try both. 

samatson

We loved Queen of Cakes too!!

blondie424

We are using Buttercream, they were very reasonable and do not use fondant on any of their cakes!

Steph0871

Penny Steele Custom Cakes!

beka0404

My non-fondant baker is in St. Cloud (Icing Dreams) but I was a guest at a wedding on Friday that had cake from Buttercream and it was DEEEEELICIOUS.

newlyseliski

Ditto the ladies above... Buttercream cake is amazing.  I haven't picked anything yet for mine, but was also recently at a wedding that had Buttercream cake and it was soooo delicious.  I've also tried Keys' cake at the Wfair and that was quite good!

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I'm going to say Queen of Cakes again.  By far the best cake we tried, with the most reasonable price, too!  Terri is fabulous!  She had about 8 different cake/icing combinations for us to try at our tasting, and even put together a special request that I asked for.

laura_fett

Cold Spring Bakery, a bit out of the cities, but they will deliver to the cities. They have received awards from theknot.com, beautiful cakes, and good prices, and oh so good tasting. I think it would be worth a drive out there to check them out! www.coldspringbakery.com

As for the type of cake, I've seen a picture of a cake covered in white chocolate shavings (not curls) that I thought was really pretty, that's what we're doing, I'm not sure of flavors yet.

debbieupper

Keys Cafe .... YUM.

Bimbi284

Ditto QofC! Also, not sure what your budget is, but Woullet is amazing as well. They've got this princess torte that is to die for, and they use marzipan, which is delicious!

dc*prep

We've booked Buttercream -- YUM!!!!! Best cakes I've ever tasted!

Clare13

Key's cafe!!!  Great prices and delicious. 

duhbeckster

Wow, thanks so much for all the suggestions! This group is obviously passionate about their cakes. I'm now busy scouring the websites of all of your suggestions--so much delicious-looking cake!

Christine Nelson

Also check out Taste of Scandanavia.  That's my recommendation, and what we booked.

ampark1

We are using The Roseville Bakery www.therosevillebakery.com

The head baker has been awesome to work with, and she is making us an AMAZING tasting red velvet cake that feeds 300 people for only $483!!